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Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl tells JP Hampstead the story of the XB-1’s historic supersonic flight. Blake explains how the XB-1 broke the sound barrier without creating an audible sonic boom and why that matters for the future of supersonic aviation.

Garmin announced today (March 4) the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has approved retrofit installations of the company’s Autoland and Autothrottle technology in “select” Garmin G1000 NXi-equipped Beechcraft King Air 200 turboprop twins. Introduced more than 50 years ago, the King Air 200 is a staple in the charter and corporate aviation market. Garmin anticipates […]

At this year’s Redbird Migration Flight Training Conference, Redbird released its fifth annual State of Flight Training Survey. The report includes findings and analysis of the flight training industry based on input from some 1,400 flight training organization owners and managers, flight instructors, designated pilot examiners, active and prospective students, and certificated pilots. In addition, […]

Sources have told AVweb that a controversial FAA policy to turn incompletely documented medical deferrals into denials has been indefinitely deferred. The policy was supposed to have come into effect on Jan.1, but opposition from a broad base of GA groups prompted a deferral until March 1. The indefinite delay was communicated to AMEs on […]

A California court will consider whether to compel 17 FBOs and four fuel distributors to sell GAMI G100UL unleaded fuel instead of 100LL on Wednesday, and an enormous effort has been mounted to block that. As we’ve reported, the Center for Environmental Health is going to court to enforce a consent agreement signed by the […]

SpaceX scrubbed the launch of its Starship system on Monday after anomalies started piling up in the final few minutes. An undisclosed issue with the booster that seemed to be resolved as the countdown continued was compounded by some other problems that cropped up soon after, and company founder Elon Musk said it was “best […]

Some Air Force pilots will leave the service with a tailwheel endorsement. The Air Force expects to get its first (of 75) OA-1K Skyraider II light attack fighters in the next couple of months, and its nickname pays homage to what was likely the last taildragger to actively serve. The original A-1 Skyraider was a […]

Pilots flying to Sun ‘n Fun have a chance to preview the procedures on their flight simulators with two virtual “Sim ‘n Fun” events March 8 and 9. From 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. EST on Saturday and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. EST on Saturday, PilotEdge will host sim sessions that will allow pilots […]

The FAA has certified GE’s new Catalyst turboprop engine, giving Textron a lot more certainty in the introduction of the Beechcraft Denali, the utility single that was basically built around the new engine. GE announced the certification late last week and said it’s now gearing up production to let Textron start delivering Denalis as the […]

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has doubled down on a threat to “pull” the certificates of pilots found to blame for causing aircraft incidents. In the aftermath of a tight runway incursion at Chicago Midway last week, Duffy posted on X that it is “imperative that pilots follow the instructions of air traffic controllers. If they […]